Due to popular demand, we're republishing this list of common (and some not so common!) acronyms you may be seeing on the site along with their meanings. If you have any to contribute please jot them down in the comment section below and we'll get them added to the list. Enjoy.

Common Online Phrases

AFK - Away From Keyboard

BBL - Be Back Later

IM(NS)HO - In My (Not So) Humble Opinion

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

OMG - Oh My Goodness

ROFLOL - Rolling on Floor Laughing Out Loud

TBR - To Be Read

TMI - Too Much Information

TTFN - Ta Ta For Now (Britishism)

TTYL - Talk To You Later

WWIT - What Was I Thinking?

Acronyms for Family Members

BSC - Blond Space Cadets (thanks to Spud for this one!)

DH - Dear Husband

DD - Dear Daughter (or Dear Dog)

DK - Dear Kitty (thanks to Sandy H.)

DS - Dear Son

FIL - Father-in-Law

MIL - Mother-in-Law

SIL - Sister-in-Law (or Son-in-Law)

Quilting Specific Acronyms

BOB - Beginner's Only Block (swap)

BOM - Block of the Month

CC - Counter Cut

DSM - Domestic Sewing Machine

DWR - Double Wedding Ring

EQ - Electric Quilt (Quilting Design Software)

FMQ - Free Motion Quilting

FQ - Fat Quarter

FW - Feather Weight (Singer Sewing Machine)

HST - Half-Square Triangle

KQ - Keepsake Quilting (one of our sponsors)

LA - Long Arm

LAQ - Long Arm Quilter

LQS - Local Quilt Shop

MAQ - Mid-Arm Quilter

MQ - Mystery Quilt

OBW - One-Block Wonder

QCA - Quilters Club of America

QOA - Quilt Out Loud (the online quilting show on QNNtv.com)

QST - Quarter Square Triangles

RST - Right Sides Together

SID - Stitch in Ditch

TOT - Tone-on-Tone

UFO - UnFinished Object

WOF - Width of Fabric

WOW - White On White

WST - Wrong Sides Together

Plus two popular slang terms:

Froggin' - ripping seams (you know, Rip it Rip It)

Reverse Sewing - Ooops! Made a mistake have to take it out and do it again

Thanks,Everyone who contributed to the listing. I teach quilting techniques and am always looking for tidbits to share with my students. They will love the FART, SEX, and new STASH definitions among others! Dee

My kids figure if they have a fabric sale @ $1 a yard, other addicts will have more in their stash, my kids will be multi-millionaires and whatever is left will make GoodWill sooooo happy! Now, about the teapots........

Love it, love it, love it! I had heard most of these before, but several were new to me. I especially enjoyed FART and RUF (my sisters purchase a lot of RUF - must be due to their age, does that mean it is RUFage??)

I will have to print these out and keep them handy! Thanks so much for making me laugh today, I really needed it.

If you have Excel or other spreadsheet program, the copy & paste works in it, too and you don't have to do much in the way of formatting. Some of these are hysterical and I will definitely be using them more!!

In May 2010, We took a trip to see our ds and ddil in Alaska. There is a list of all the quilt shops on the internet. I hit all the shops but the ones in Fairbanks and North Pole. Yes, the North Pole has a very nice quilt shop. The material was sent home by the Post office. That was some FART. My small quilt group has dips on each other fabric stash.